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  2. List of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto ...

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    A proposed route for the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. [1] This is a list of sites and peoples visited by the Hernando de Soto Expedition in the years 1539–1543. In May 1539, de Soto left Havana, Cuba, with nine ships, over 620 men and 220 surviving horses and landed at Charlotte Harbor, Florida. This began his ...

  3. De Soto National Memorial - Wikipedia

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    De Soto National Memorial is a national memorial located in Manatee County, approximately five miles (eight kilometers) west of Bradenton, Florida.The national memorial commemorates the 1539 landing of Hernando de Soto and the first extensive organized exploration by Europeans of what is now the southern United States.

  4. DeSoto Site Historic State Park - Wikipedia

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    In 1539, a Spanish expeditionary force led by Hernando de Soto landed in the Tampa Bay area. Nearly 600 heavily armed adventurers traveled more than 4000 miles from Florida to Mexico intending to explore and control the Southeast of North America.

  5. Anhaica - Wikipedia

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    A proposed route for the first leg of the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. Anhaica (also known as Iviahica, Yniahico, and pueblo of Apalache) was the principal town of the Apalachee people, located in what is now Tallahassee, Florida. In the early period of Spanish colonization, it was the capital of the Apalachee ...

  6. Hernando de Soto - Wikipedia

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    Hernando de Soto (/ d ə ˈ s oʊ t oʊ /; [2] Spanish: [eɾˈnando ðe ˈsoto]; c. 1497 – 21 May 1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula.

  7. Historical marker commemorates Native American city of Anhaica

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    Pottery shards such as these were found at the Hernando de Soto site on East Lafayette Street in Tallahassee, where the Spanish explorer and his army are believed to have spent the winter of 1539 ...

  8. Uzita (Florida) - Wikipedia

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    A proposed route for the first leg of the de Soto Expedition, based on Charles M. Hudson map of 1997. Uzita (Uçita) was the name of a 16th-century native chiefdom, its chief town and its chiefs. Part of the Safety Harbor culture, it was located in present-day Florida on the south side of Tampa Bay.

  9. Local folklore says Sarasota is invulnerable to hurricanes ...

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    The poem claims Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto brought his daughter Sara with him to Florida, but there’s no record of her ever existing. LaHurd points out, too, that if de Soto did have a ...